Hi,
Firstly, sorry for the slow response to the more recent messages, so.....
FissureHome,
The mild soiling issue was not actually incontinence, it was weeping from the incision wound. This can be quite confusing and can sometimes make us un-necessarily worry when recovering from surgery. Basically when a small spot of blood dries on your underwear it dries as a brown stain and as wound seepage is watery it can look like a spot of incontinence. When the incision wound is fully healed this seepage naturally stopped so no i never actually had any leakage issues.
johnpeterson,
My surgery and consultations were carried out at the London clinic by Mr Alastair Windsor - I think i have made the guy famous on this board and should receive some sort of commission! Their website is:
http://www.thelondonclinic.co.uk/consul ... in-windsorI cannot praise Mr Windsor enough, he has a huge reputation and represents the UK in overseas Colorectal conferences, he is a trainer of surgeons and a chairman of surgery at the hospital. But what makes him different from others is that he is human! I was never just a patient or a source of income for him and he actually gave a damn about me and my well being. Even though a fissure is just a small cut he understands the pain and huge impact it can have on your well being. He will always try and let the fissure heal naturally and will never fast track you to surgery but when the time does come for surgery I don't believe there is a better surgeon on the land. I always remember his comment to me when it was time to consider surgery, he said, "Ok, you've had endured enough grief with this blooming fissure, let's put an end to all this nonsense now".... A few weeks later i was fissure free!
One of the positive things about being private is the waiting time for the procedure - We agreed on the procedure on the Thursday and he offered to carry it out that very same Saturday.
So the cost...
Firstly please bear in mind that my hospital is in Central London and anything in Central London whether it be food, drink, hotels or whatever it will always include a huge premium over any other part of the country. Also it is on Harley Street which means they can basically charge what the hell they want and finally when my insurance company asked me to choose a CRS I picked the very best I could. So here is the cost of my surgery for LIS only (it does not include any other procedures such as fissurectomy, etc.)
24 hour hire of private en-suite hospital room with breakfast lunch & dinner including nursing care and all necessary medication £865
Operating Theatre cost including ECU, equipment hire, nursing staff and medical supplies £1,025
Surgeons Fee for LIS procedure £250
Anesthetist Cost including medication £180
TOTAL COST OF LIS SURGERY £2,320
Also I had to pay for take away prescription pain killers which came to around £22
Another cost to bear in mind are the consultations, I had three consultations pre-surgery at £180 each (The follow up consultation is covered within the surgery cost)